Mentice AB, Siemens Healthineers Team Up for LAAC
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Mentice AB is teaming with Siemens Healthineers to perform alive LAAC procedure at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2019symposium, which is being held in San Francisco, California, from September25-29.
The live case will demonstrate the integration between theMentice VIST Virtual Patient and the Siemens Healthineers ARTIS iconoangiography system.
"By integrating the VIST Virtual Patient with theSiemens Healthineers ARTIS icono system, we have now closed the gap betweenmedical training and the operating theater allowing teams and expert physiciansto rehearse cases, retain proficiency, and acquire new medical device skillsinside the angio-suite in a realistic and radiation-free environment,"said Göran Malmberg CEO of Mentice. "Our collaboration with SiemensHealthineers has been invaluable in helping us demonstrate the value ofendovascular simulation in the daily clinical practice."
This will be the first live case performed at TCT on avirtual patient under the hands of Dr. Chad Kliger, director of StructuralHeart Disease, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, using a real angiography systemin a radiation-free and immersive environment.
"The introduction of a virtual patient inside theangio-suite opens significant opportunities to potentially help improveclinical training, procedure performance, and ultimately, patientoutcomes," said Dr. Kliger. "This is a truly unique opportunity forTCT attendees to observe a live LAAC intervention on a virtual patient, withadvanced imaging, as it will actually happen in the cath-lab."
For the first time, the Mentice and Siemens Healthineerscollaboration enables interventionalists to perform procedures on a virtualpatient, being immersed in the real cath-lab environment, and using the ARTISicono controls to angulate the C-arm, move the angiography table, operate thefoot pedals, and review fluoroscopic images on the ARTIS icono screens in aradiation-free environment.
The live case will be held at TCT 2019 on Friday, September27th, at 10 a.m., at the Siemens Healthineers Booth.
